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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
13
London report based on a Parliamentary paper says Americans suffer less from rising prices than most nations. It notes Britain has seen food costs jump about 50 percent more than the United States, based on official investigations.
SHINGTON Jan 18 Com activity will dominate Congress this week as hearings on Navy operations and wartime policies resume. Senators, led by Lodge and other leaders, prepare to push investigations, while bills on food relief, aviation, and Americanization move through committees.
Obituary notes the state and funeral of Dr Richard C Maclaurin, former head of Technology, laid in state at the institute building foyer before transport to South Church in Boston for services. The ceremony included technology leaders and eight employees from the tech field escorting the casket to the hall. The report also mentions a separate public notice about job ads and a fire incident at a cinema complex.
The supreme council asks the Netherlands to hand over the former German emperor for trial under Article 227 of the Versailles treaty, citing crimes including violation of Belgian and Luxembourg neutrality and piracy. It argues Holland must prosecute to uphold moral responsibility and solidarity among nations, warning against any return of such catastrophe. Geneva circles note the move affects political refugees in Switzerland, where William, Charles of Austria, and Ludwig of Bavaria are said to reside.
Dr John Robertson of Glasgow told a large audience at the People�s Presbyterian church about his British Army chaplain service during the war. He spoke on The healing of the Windman at Jerusalem in a dramatic, engaging manner. Charles Couch of St John�s choir sang solos, with a follow up program by Homer Taylor of Norman Street this afternoon.
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau, the Grand Old Man of France, resigns as premier at age 79 to allow the new president to choose his aides. His long career included leadership during World War I, anti clerical reforms, and fierce political battles. He will spend retirement near Lucain in Vendée, tending a simple seaside hut and garden.
Multiple death notices from January 1920 record deaths of Alexander P. Hatch Margaret J. O Rourke William H Ingatte Patrick Joseph Malloy Nellie Menger George W Peterson and others. Funeral details mention residence addresses dates January 17 19 20 1920 and interment locations Lakeview St Michael's Mountain Grove Park Cemetery Brookyn NY and Devon. Also memorial note for Keller continues in memory of a sister wife.
Reports from Paris say about a thousand American deserters remain near Paris facing financial hardship and petty crimes amid a planned French raid. In Copenhagen Maxim Litvinoff and James OGrady discuss exchange of prisoners as trade with Russia is debated.
Ells L. Dbresvi named commissioner and charge d affaires of the United States arrives in Berlin to manage American interests until the Washington Senate ratifies the peace treaty. Also reports theft of goats from 1417 Boslan avenue market and influenza outbreaks in Switzerland with deaths in the Vorarlberg region. Count Arco Valley death sentence commuted to life imprisonment for Kurt Eisner assassination at Munich. Linens describe 39,004 plants, now estimated at 256,904.
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